Banished

Set in the harsh landscape of 18th-century Australia, BBC Two's *Banished* explores the lives of Britain's first penal colony. A group of convicts, alongside the soldiers who guard them, must build a society from scratch, thousands of miles from home. Survival is a daily struggle, but human drama quickly unfolds. Forbidden love, intense rivalries, and difficult moral choices threaten to tear the fragile community apart. The series follows Governor Phillip's attempts to impose order while his charges navigate betrayal, jealousy, and the fight for their own futures in a new world. It is a gripping and emotional look at a brutal chapter in history where the line between right and wrong is constantly blurred. The series has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns.